3781.32
Connections or tie-ins within right-of-way.

(A)
Any
connections or tie-ins to existing utility services within a public
right-of-way shall comply with permit requirements of the public
authority that has jurisdiction over that
right-of-way.

(B)
A developer
or the designer employed by the developer shall
not require, as a condition for entering into a contract for a project that
will require excavation, that responsibility for performance of duties imposed
under sections
3781.25 to 3781.32 of the Revised
Code shall be assumed by a person other than the person on whom those duties
are imposed under those sections. This division does not prohibit a utility
from entering into any contract for the performance of duties that are imposed
on a utility under those sections.

(C)
Nothing in sections 3728.25 to 3728.32 of the Revised Code shall be construed
to require a utility to relocate its underground utility facilities located at
an excavation site.